David B Oliver High School - Omicron Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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CLASS OF FEBRUARY, i939 CHARLOTTE BESSER Treasurer Senior Girl Reserves II: President Go-To-College Club IZ: Sanitation Squad IZ: Secretary of Cabinet IZ: Stage Make-Up IO, II. Chubby . . . a south-paw . . . came from John Morrow to Oliver . . . wants to be a successtul stylist . . . collects miniature ships. q . goes in tor swimming . . . tennis . . . hockey. . . French is her favorite study . . . Beaver will welcome this happy Miss . . . favorite, Brad Hunt . . , Norma Shearer . . . sophisticated seniors get on her nerves . . . a tall, smooth dancer with an in- tectious grin will win her . . . You can always try, 'E RUTH I. BITTNER Girl Reserves II: Dancing Club IZ. 'Na We Ruthie . . . Conroy . . . desires to own a convertible coupe 'T . . . collects souvenirs . . . likes . 4 . swimming, skating, dancing -1 . . . dislikes . . . last-minute dates . . . goes in a big way tor tall, X 'M good dancer with a sense ot humor , . . keeps a diary . 4 . John 1 Payne . . 4 Sammy Kaye . . . Kay Kyser keep her entertained. .. - - ELIZABETH BIRKHOLZ Judge of Elections IO: Service Guild IZ: Etiquette Club IZ. Liz . 4 . a small but demure miss from I-lalI's Grove 4 . . ambition to be a dressmaker or stenographer . . . finds time tor swimming, basketball, hockey and bicycling , . . Be yourself . . . -fi' lives up to it . . . Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Alice Faye and Kay gi Kyser delight her . , . 'lavorite studies are Halleck and sewing 4 . . sf dislikes conceited people, rats, mice, dry speeches and nebby people EAK r I . . . he must be 5' 5 with dark hair and time manners . . . walks through leaves . . . seen with Gert and Marney . . . a G4D.P. 'I member. 'ai . , IDA LOUISE BLACKWELL Math Club 9: Nursing Club IO: Go-To-College Club IZ: if .,,.: A Etiquette Club IZ. ld , . . by way ot Manchester , . . wants to be a novelist ., - ,' . . . . .12 'I' or poetess . . . hobbies are sewing and writing poems . . . delights in Louise Beavers, Paul Robeson and Bill Robison , . . likes hockey :ni and mushball . . . favorite studies are English, biology, and hygiene ,gjw . . . dislikes non-humorists, conceited people and snobbish girls 4 . . he must be good-natured 50-50 kind . , . hates to carry umbrellas Kills' , and wear hats . . , Look out, Tuskegee, here she comes . 4 . very 'V i ff' ' sympathetic , . . Learn to live, not merely exist. ESTHER IDA BOHLER Senior Leaders IO: Senior Girl Reserves IZ: Reporter II: President Girls' Etiquette Club IZ: Chairman of Girl Reserves. Staabie . . . peppy Miss trom Samuel Hamilton . . 4 aspires to be an accomplished swimmer and to travel to Germany . . , plays the piano, attends conventions and banquets , . . finds time tor games 7 7 7 4 . 4 Time waits tor no man . . , delights in Richard Greene, Kay Kyser and Johnny Davis . . . favorite study, German 7 7 7 . . . dislikes cucumbers, tardy and unreliable people . . . will attend Pitt . . . he has brown eyes, biond hair, pleasing personality . . 4 answers to P,S .,.. seen with Spech and Cochrane. i HELEN E. BOKOR ,Q - Senior Leaders IO: Reporter ot Etiquette Club IZ: Omfcron 1 Staff. My Boke . . . Beechwood via HaII's Grove , . . plans to be a H V fashion designer.. .make a millionlairel 7 7 7 , . . tavors Carnegie W 1 Tech . . , takes 'em as they come 4 . . chums with Nat, Jo . . . ' ii , member ot G.D.P .... Laugh your way through lite . . , enter' tained by Jeanette MacDonald. Page Thirteen

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TI-IE OMICRON MILDRED REGINA ALSTON Knitting Club I0: Senior Girl Reserves IZ: Dancing Club IZ. Learned her ABCE at Manchester . . . wants a well-kept house- hold . . . favorite entertainers . . . Bob Burns . . . Bing Crosby partial to a certain Bill . . . he's 5' 7 with black wavy hair . . . unfriendly people and caulitlower are her special dislikes . . . likes skating . . . sewing. GEORGE D. ARNOLD Tl o-To-College Club IO: Senior Photography II: Boys' Etiquette ub IZ: Oliver Band Drum Major IZ. Graduate ot Overbrook, South Hills . . . our tuture surgeon OJ . . What you want to be you are now becoming . . , likes swim- ming, horseback riding , . . college, Muskingum . . . Dorothy Lamour . . . ay Kyser . . . favorite studies . . . French . . . orchestra . . dislikes pessimists, conceited people . . . 5' 7 blonde pleases l MICHAEL TARRABLE BABIN Etiquette IZ: GoI'F Club IZ: Spanish Club I0, II: Boxing Club IO: Dancing Club II: Tratfic IO, II, IZ. Babs . . . hails trom Woods Run . . . goes tor gym and math in a big way . . . will be a physical education instructor , . . Indiana State Teachers' College . . . enjoys Spencer Tracy, Kay Kyser . . , Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket . . . detests co-rsceited people .x. . it's a certain brunette 5 alumna . . . honorable member otrthe Eight Ball. ,1 Sv , N'. . GEORGE BACHMEYERIN ' ry ' Print Club II, IZ: Dancing IZ: Sergeaitt- -fsdhs RZ. R Buck . . . a St. Joseph alumnus . . . ambitiob totgbe a good basketball player . . . Ritz Brothers . . . Wayne Morris, entertain him . . . likes all girls, except redheads . . . always seen'with Nick, Chuck and Bill . . . a member ot the W.L,B. JEAN BETTY BELL Room President II, IZ: Class Vice President IZ: Senior Leaders IZ: Oliver Choir IO, II, IZ: Senior Council II, IZ. Bells . . . songstress from John Morrow . . . aims to be a tamous singer . . . have lots ot money . . . loves dancing, swim- 'cf ming . . . motto, Be yourself . . . listens to symphonies . . . rl C W operas , . . T. Dorsey and I-I. Kemp . . . dislikes snobby people h ff it ' . . . he must be good looking, humorous . . . Nightingale lead in I 4- A In Old Vienna and Pirates ot Penzance. -, 'Y-41 s Ll Ls K HENRY BERGENER Oliver Choir: Etiquette Club: Home Room Secretary IO: Presi- dent I0: Vice President IZ: Omicron Staff IZ. I-Iank . . . comes trom Columbus . . . hopes to maintain a steady paying job . . . believes in collecting pennies ltor a rainy N t day?l . . . odd pictures and odd sayings . . . Make much out ot IittIe . . . favors music and O. E .... hates snooty people . . . entertained by Pick and Pat . . . Kay Kyser . . . she is blond X 5' 4 . . . likes tennis, swimming, ping-pong, horseback riding. f I Nj Page Twelve f I 1

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THE oiviicizori MARILYN GIBSON BOLTON Assistant Treasurer, Go-To-College Club IZ: Social Chairman Biology Club IO: Omicron Staff IZ: Girl Reserves IO, II: Go-To- College Club II, I2. Daisy . . . sophisticate of John Morrow . . . collects pictures . . . souvenirs . . . swimming. dancing, ping-pong . . . Find what you want, then get it . . . thrills to Tyrone Power . . . l-Iedy Lamar . . . tall blends . . . biology and English . . . will attend , Muskingum if she ever finds out why . . . dislikes cranky people , . . quiet nights . . . cucumbers. LUELLA ROSE BORDT Editor-in-Chief of Omicron IZ: Vice President Go-To-College Club IZ: Go-To-College Club IO, ll, IZ: Sergeant-at-Arms IZ: Secretary Chemistry Club ll: Home Room President IO. John Morrow honor student . . . aspires to be a nurse, labora- tory technician . . . hockey, mushball, tennis, basketball . . , hobbies, sewing, reading . . . Be helpful . . . likes math, science I . . . Tech . . . abhors tardiness . . . arrives at school before it l opens. BESSIE BROIDY Etiquette Club IZ. Becky , . . ambitious lass from Linwood . . . hopes to be an interior decorator . , . reads and collects clippings about Oliver lswell school spiritl . . . finds time for swimming, dancing, bicycling . . . To thine own self be true . . . Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Kay Kyser delight her . . . favorite study, English with Mr. Lutz . . . dislikes unattentive people . . . hopes to attend a comptometer college . . . in her glory when with a tall handsome male . . . loves walking in the rain . . . enjoys l-lalleck . , . always eating. ADA LOUISE BROWN Etiquette Club IZ: Go-To-College Club IZ: Spanish Club IZ: Orpheus Club Il. 4 Little Lulu . . . Columbus sent this bundle of personality . . . ambition to be a business woman . . . collecting bracelets keeps her busy as do horseback riding and tennis . . . Great life if you dont weaken . , . turns to Jimmy Launsford, Count Basie . . . favorite study, commercial geography . . . dislikes dead- heads, conceited people . . . hopes to enter Pitt . . . in her glory when with 5' 6 handsome lad with lots of pep . . can't stand two-timers . . . seen with T.S. and J.W. MARGARET BUCKLEY Girl Reserves ll: Oliver Choir IO, II, IZ: Etiquette Club IZ: Sanitation Squad IZ: Omicron Stat? I2: Home Room President I2. Buck . . . St. Peter's sent this vivacious gal . . . aspires to stage fame . . . always chewing gum , . , skating, swimming, tennis . . . lf is a small word, but it means a whole lot . . . thrilled by Tyrone Power, Alice Faye . , . history with J.C.T. . . . snobs, step aside . . . Tech . . . manners and wit rank with her . . . Sunday night she jaunts to Bellevue . . . a Phi Gamma. ww J, GILBERT H. BURCKART 1,-LX it Senior Hi-Y Club I0, IZ: Traffic Squad IZ: Football II, IZ. 1 'Z I' , Gill . . , P's and Q's learned at Colurnbus'3. . hopes to ,. i fx play pro football . . . all sports appeal . . . Keep plugging . . . is ' , '-ffentertained by Stuart Irwin, Alice Faye, and Rudy Vallee . . . Q ,144 'ii dislikes making book reports . . . Gettysburg will claim Gill . . . .173 i4N J' likes any girl who is a good sport . . . seen with Ed and Chuck i -C' . . , proud member of O,F,F. . All ,N 1 'T .T jd Tfs'iPage Fourteen .X I as g